De Pree Emphasis in Leadership

The De Pree Emphasis in Leadership embodies the conviction of Max De Pree that “belief precedes behavior.” In this emphasis MA and MDiv students learn not only practices for leadership, but the values that inform those practices.
 

Featured Faculty 

profile-carmode-scottScott Cormode
Hugh De Pree professor of Leadership Development 

 profile-trebesch-shelleyShelley Trebesch
Assistant Professor of Leadership 

 profile-bransonMark Branson
Homer L. Goddard Professor of the Ministry of the Laity 

 profile-clark-chapman-09Chap Clark
Vice Provost for Regional Campuses and Masters Programs and Professor of Youth, Family, and Culture  

profile-downes-donna Donna Downes
Associate Professor of Global Leadership 

Emphasis Requirements (20 Units)  

To complete the De Pree Emphasis in Leadership, a student must pass courses in four of the five course areas and complete an internship.


Course Area 1: The Leader as Person
Self-awareness, reflection, self-discipline, spiritual formation, and character development
CF 526Congregation as Learning Community
ML530Lifelong Development
ML 568

 		Leading Self, People, and Organizations

 
Course Area 2: Management
the boards, budgets, meetings, volunteers, finances, fund-raising, personnel, planning, evaluation, and legal concerns of organization management
CF 565Empowering the People of God
Course Area 3: Introduction to Leadership
Organizational behavior, authority, power, frames, mission/vision, change and conflict
GM 522

 		Leadership in Context

 
Course Area 4:Organizational Dynamics
Culture, systems theory, teams, organizational life cycle, emotional intelligence
ML 565

 		Organic Organizations and Churches

 
Course Area 5: Topics in Advanced Leadership
Cross-cultural leadership, cross-cultural dynamics of global leadership, leadership and youth ministry, missional church and leadership
ML 538Cross-Cultural Leadership
ML 584Cross-Cultural Dynamics of Global Leadership
PM 514Missional Church & Leadership

 		Any Other Advanced Course

 
Internship Requirement
Students must complete an internship that includes participation in a Theological or Missiological Reflection Group.

 

Course schedule